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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday. September 19,1988 blessed is the peacemakers skin Gao a with nature As their Chapel a group if ii join in prayer while Rel hiring around Stuttgart chaplain maj Joe Sana left who celebrated Man sunday in the Woods near Buhler West a tinny. The soldiers of he 38 h engr co stationed it Ludett Dodt a sen in Kom Westhem we participating in Law mock Battle being held Between the Rel 1h1cal Northland and South land in exercise certain Challenge. Pentagon system plugs voters into races issues by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon s automated voter information system is drawing 300 Calls a Day but the callers Are not hearing the taped messages promised by the two  contenders the $10,000 Call in program designed to offer messages Capsul izing candidate positions in a number of political races is being used at a Rale Well within what we expected said Henry Valentino the defense department s election chief. Begun on aug. 29, the system is for military person Nel at Home and abroad and americans overseas. However messages from presidential candidates it rec Bush and Michael Dukakis As Well As their running Rales have yet to arrive despite promises from both campaigns. Fifteen Senate race messages and is gubernatorial tapes arc available with others arriving daily. Valen Tino said. One third of Senate seals Are open this year along Wilh 13 governorships. This is sort of the first blast into space said mar Cia Carluci wife of defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and a co founder with Valentino of the information system. We re not walking on the Moon yet. I m very disappointed that we re not going 10 reach As Many people overseas As i had thought. I had hoped for a Headquarters in Korea one in Germany and the United slates. But we just ran out of time this  a 1984 Pentagon Survey found that 20.8 percent of military personnel did not vote because they were not familiar Wilh candidates and issues or had no Candi Date preference. I Learned that Only a very Small percentage. About 10 percent did t care Carlucci said. The remaining numbers wanted to vote but either did not know How or lacked information. In the 1984 presidential election 55.3 percent of the military voted compared with 53 percent of All eligible voters. It s hard to get informal Ion about the Gover nor or he Senate races in California when you re Liv ing in West Virginia Carlucci said. And it s equally As hard if you re living in Seoul South Korea or Fulda  Valentino and Carlucci plan 10 include candidates for the House of representatives on the system and open communication centers overseas in the next fed eral election. Anheuser Busch inc. Is paying for the program. Personnel overseas May have some trouble utilizing the system Valentino said. But if they use it during non Peak hours and Don t mind doing that icy should have a much better Chance of gelling an Auto on  commands will not be co a Rcd to make phones available for his but a command could do in if they decided that they had available lines he said. Safe officials said the program is being handled at base level. There is no policy at the Usa eur command level a spokesman said. The system operates from 8 . Not to Midnight not but will be expanded to 24 hours if the demand is Strong Valentino said. During off hours an an swering machine allows callers to request information. The Auto on touch tone number for the information system is 8-285-4333, and the rotary dial num Ber is 8-221-6100. Calls also can be placed from Pri vate phones paying Long distance charges if necessary by dealing 703-325-6100 or touch Lone 202-504-4323. Voters who Lack Auto on service May request political information by writing to the department of defense voting information Center 225 n. Washing ton st., Alexandria a. 22314. World today exile of 2 labor leaders spurs protests in Chile Santiago. Chile a riot squads used tear Gas and a water Cannon to disperse Daylong protests in downtown Santiago after Chile s two top labor leaders were sen into internal exile. An undetermined number of protester were taken into custody during the demonstration thursday which was prompted when Manuel Bustos president of the United workers federation and Arturo Marti Nez federation vice president were exiled for 1% years for allegedly violating Security Laws by calling a violence marred National strike. Bustos was sent by police car to Parral 210 Miles South of Santiago and Martinez was flown in a police plane to Chanara 600 Miles to the North. Each must spend the next 541 Days within those City limits. 4 convicted of plotting to seize Park s Dolphin Lancaster. England a four men have been convicted of plotting to grab a 24-year-old per forming Dolphin named Rocky Lake him from a Marine Park and set him free in the Irish sea. Judge Heather steel said in sentencing the men in Lancaster Crown court that their totally irresponsible plot could have killed the Dolphin had they re moved it from the Marin Cland Park in Morecambe. 211 Miles Northwest of London. A jury found the four guilty of conspiracy to steal the 650-Pound mammal after hearing How they entered the Park in september 1987 with a net ropes and a Large Stretcher with holes Cut in it for the Dolphin s nippers. Steel said the plot might have proved particularly dangerous to Rocky who May very Well have not sur Vived either the removal from his Pool or the introduction to the  the men contended they had gone to the Pool area Only to Sec whether in was possible to release Rocky into the open sea and they said they abandoned the plot after realizing the Dolphin could be harmed. Japan launches 2nd probe to handle communications Tokyo up Japan s National space development Agency said sunday that it has launched its second communications satellite for business use. The Agency said the satellite was put aloft by a Rock Al launched from the to Nagashima space Center in Southern Japan at 9 54 . Sunday. The spacecraft will be put into a stationary orbit about 22,370 Miles Over the Republic of Nauru in the West Central Pacific after adjusting its position and testing relay equipment for three months the Agency said. The Agency launched its first communications satellite for business use in february the two satellites Wilt be used by government Agen cies and companies including the National police Agency the fire department and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone corp. We Brocken West Germany a senior at  High school was awarded the rank of Eagle scout the highest Honor in boy scouting to a ceremony sept. 12. Michael d. Lillic. 18, has been in scouting for 10 years and has earned 32 Merit badges during this period. For his Eagle scout award he worked with 16 fellow scouts from troop 204 to conduct a drug drive in the  military Community. The scouts collected approximately 50 liners of medication or about 440 containers for proper and Safe disposal by local health officials. Lillic also has been elected into la order of the Arrow the highest recognition for boy scout campers and currently serves As the assistant scoutmaster of troop 204, he is the son of Donald and Marliese Lilli. To Cam the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes at least 21 men badges and an average of 100 hours on a Community project  
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